when using the time.sleep() method what should go in the parenthesis?

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The time.sleep() method in Python is used to pause the execution of a program for a specified number of seconds. The argument placed in the parentheses should be a number representing the duration of the sleep in seconds. This can be a whole number (for whole seconds) or a floating-point number (for fractional seconds).

Here are a few examples:

  1. To sleep for 5 seconds:

    import time
    time.sleep(5)
    
  2. To sleep for 0.5 seconds (500 milliseconds):

    import time
    time.sleep(0.5)
    
  3. To sleep for 2.25 seconds:

    import time
    time.sleep(2.25)
    

Make sure to import the time module before using time.sleep().